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  • News from West Bengal | 16 May, 2025 | ১ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • No OBC quota in JU admission

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University has decided not to admit students under the OBC category this year, citing the ongoing Supreme Court case.The Calcutta High Court in May 2024 scrapped all new OBC categorisations in Bengal after 2010, saying the authorities ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Resto hearing: KMC addl comm to prepare SOP

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has assigned an additional commissioner to develop a strategy for conducting hearings related to three rooftop restaurants and pubs. On Tuesday, officials from the buildings department confirmed sending notices to all 83 establishments ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp robot to help keep your crop pest-free

    Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur's mechanical engineering department has unveiled a robot that can identify plants with diseases and apply pesticides in farms. The team had earlier developed a railway track inspection robot. Apart from preventing crop losses, thereby enhancing yield, ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Alipore court to get more fans

    Kolkata: The Alipore Sessions Court, which houses several legal, police and administrative departments, is set to get additional fans. The Kolkata Police has issued a tender inviting bids for installation of multiple fans in various buildings on its premises ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Won’t ever till my land across Bangla border, says freed farmer

    12 Jalpaiguri: Released from Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat prison after 29 days, Ukil Barman, a resident of Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi, on Thursday vowed never to cultivate his four-bigha land off the Indo-Bangla barbed wire fence.Barman, in his mid-50s, was kidnapped by ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Justice Lalit to hear Bengal guv’s objections to 17 VC appts, says SC

    12 Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Thursday said Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose's objection to CM Mamata Banerjee's recommendations relating to the appointment of 17 VCs of state-run varsities, including Jadavpur and Calcutta University, will be heard by former ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    EC issues fresh EPICs to 615 voters in state

    123 Kolkata: The EC issued new EPICs to 615 voters in Bengal whose voter IDs were found to bear numbers identical to those of voters from other states. The issue of bogus voters and duplicate EPICs was recently highlighted ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Former Union min Barla joins TMC, slams Suvendu for ‘obstruction’ bids

    Kolkata: Former junior Union minority affairs minister John Barla on Thursday quit BJP to join Trinamool Congress. The north Bengal neta attacked Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari for obstructing his work for the benefit of the region, ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    HC extends CAPF presence in Murshidabad’s troubled zones

    123 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Armed Police Force to remain in Murshidabad, where violent protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 claimed three lives in April.A division bench of justices Soumen Sen and Raja ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLA Tapas Saha passes away

    Tehatta(Nadia): Tapas Saha, Trinamool Congress MLA from Nadia's Tehatta, passed away on Thursday morning following a brief illness. He was 66. Saha, who suffered a brain haemorrhage on Tuesday, was under treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata.A two-time ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    TBMs for underground section of Metro’s Purple Line launched

    12 Kolkata: The lowering or launching of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will construct the Purple Line's underground section began on Thursday. Despiteuncertainty over the Kidderpore Metro station, Metro Railway, which operates the city's rapid transit network, and ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    HC turns down principal’s bail plea

    123 Kolkata: The bail plea of a blind school principal accused of raping a minor was turned down by the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, considering the "gravity" of the offence while stating that the survivor has "clearly implicated" ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman uses fake digital payment at jewellery store

    Kolkata: A fraud involving an app that can reflect fake NEFT and UPI payments has come to light at a prominent jewellery store on Lee Road in south Kolkata's Bhowanipore. A woman allegedly stole a gold chain worth Rs ...

    16 May 2025 Times of India
    'Our job is to bring him back from Bangladesh': CM Mamata Banerjee amid farmer's abduction row

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refrained from commenting on the alleged abduction of a farmer from Cooch Behar by a group of Bangladeshi nationals, stating that the matter was diplomatic in nature and should be ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC MLA Tapas Saha dies of brain haemorrhage at Kolkata hospital

    KRISHNAGAR: Tapas Saha, a Trinamool Congress MLA representing Tehatta constituency in Nadia district, passed away on Thursday morning at a Kolkata hospital. The 66-year-old legislator succumbed to a brain haemorrhage.The MLA was taken to a private healthcare facility situated ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Main bol raha hoon’: BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw's first call home melts wife’s heart

    KOLKATA: A little after noon, Rajni's phone rang. "Main bol raha hun (It's me)," said a heavy, hoarse voice. Unable to recognise the caller, Rajni tentatively asked, "Aap PK Sir hain (Are you PK Sir)?""I couldn't believe it was ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata's New Town to get 25-acre entertainment hub: CM Mamata Banerjee

    CM Banerjee said the state has received 10 new investment proposals worth Rs 25,000 crore KOLKATA: The state has identified 25 acres of land in New Town to set up an entertainment, technology and creativity hub and make the ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Nothing will stop him from serving country again: Father of BSF jawan released from Pakistani custody

    BSF Jawan Purnam Shaw returned to India after 22 days in Pakistan custody, bringing immense relief to his family in Rishra. His wife, Rajni, expressed gratitude to PM Modi and CM Mamata Banerjee for their support. RISHRA: “We ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    SMP Kolkata launches visionary plan to transform pilot launches into floating heritage & hospitality hubs

    KOLKATA: In a move to blend heritage preservation with cultural innovation, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP Kolkata), has unveiled an ambitious initiative to convert three of its iconic pilot vessels into floating venues for tourism, hospitality, and cultural ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Fast, silent & unregulated, Salt Lake e-rickshaws a safety hazard: Locals

    Kolkata: What was once a humble pedal-driven, three-wheeled, slow-moving vehicle offering last-mile connectivity has now transformed into a speedy, silent, and unregulated form of public transport in Salt Lake.Residents say it is fast turning into apublic safety hazard. The ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    In year’s 5th organ donation, youth gifts 2nd lease of life to 4, vision to 2

    Kolkata: The family of Jayesh Laxmishankar Jaiswal (25), who was rendered brain dead following a truck accident, has donated his organs, saving the lives of at least four patients battling organ failure and restoring vision of two.Jaiswal's vital organs ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Chatbot to make debut on central UG admission portal this year

    12 Kolkata: A chatbot will be introduced in the centralised UG admission portalthis year to help applicants to undergraduate courses navigate through the process. The state higher education department has hinted at the launch of the AI-driven tool to ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Buses go off roads after cop thrashes conductor

    Kolkata: In an instance of alleged police excess, a traffic sergeant was accused of assaulting a bus conductor. Videos of the incident were released on multiple social media platforms. The Joint Council of Bus Syndicate, along with bus owners ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Man moves HC after ‘identity theft’ for two loans adding up to 36L

    Kolkata: Faced with a possibility of losing his assets for defaulting on loans taken in his name by someone else, a Kolkata resident has moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking relief from a bank for ‘identity theft'.Subhadip Mitra, according ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol Pol STF constable arrested in 2.7 crore mid-day cab heist case

    12 Kolkata: Nine days after a heist of Rs 2.7 crore from a taxi in central Kolkata, the Kolkata Police detective department arrested a KP Special Task Forceconstable. Six others had been arrested in this case earlier. Mintu Sarkar ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Train delays run by over 1 hr to carry mom who delivered at New Alipurduar station

    Jalpaiguri: The Indian Railwayson Wednesday demonstrated compassion by deliberately delaying a train's departure to accommodate a woman giving birth, resulting in a delay of 1 hour 21 minutes at New Alipurduar railway station.The expectant mother, Neha Devi from Bihar's ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Kol, B’luru cops nab 4 cybercrime accused from Bypass apartment

    Kolkata: In a joint operation on Wednesday, Bengaluru Police, along with Kolkata East Division Police, arrested four inter-state cyber criminalshiding in an Anandapur apartment. The suspects were involved in multiple cyber crimes, including ATM fraud and digital arrest scam, ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Lansdowne Mkt revamp: Traders agree to relocate

    12 Kolkata: An on-the-spot inspection and a subsequent meeting with the traders resolved the crisis on Wednesday that stood in the way of the redevelopment of Lansdowne Market. A KMC delegation met nine traders, who refused to part with ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Cabinet nod for scheme to aid sacked Group C & D staffers

    Kolkata: The state cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the West Bengal Livelihood and Social Security Interim Scheme, which seeks to give sacked group C and group D employees monthly grants, CM Mamata Banerjeeannounced.Through this, Group C and ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Rlys delays train as woman gives birth

    Jalpaiguri: Indian Railways on Wednesday deliberately delayed a train's departure to accommodate a woman giving birth. The train left 1 hour and 21 minutes later than scheduled.The 13142 DN Teesta Torsa Express, bound for Sealdah, was positioned at Platform ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    TMC on min’s Col Qureshi remark: Is this BJP’s definition of patriotism?

    12 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday asked the BJP whether Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah's slur at Colonel Sofia Qureshiwas its "definition of nationalism". The party had earlier demanded Shah's ouster from the MP govt.The party, calling out Shah's ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Drug control scanner on 51 below-quality meds, list sent to retailers & wholesalers

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Drug Controlhas found 51 medicines, manufactured by various pharma companies, which failed quality tests. A list for the same has been sent to the wholesalers and retailers of medicines in the state.In the notification dated ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Services hit as Sealdah-bound train derails at Dum Dum station

    12 Kolkata: A Sealdah-bound Bongaon local train derailed at Dum Dum Junction on Wednesday afternoon, disrupting suburban train services for over an hour. Eastern Railwayauthorities confirmed that no one was injured. Normal services resumed around 1.40 pm.No casualties were ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Heightened airport security may ease next wk

    123 Kolkata: The checks on vehicles entering the airport, random scans of passenger luggage at the terminal entrance, and secondary inspections of cabin luggage at the boarding point, which left flyers harried and led to the arrest of one ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Safety impact: ATC restrooms raise a stink

    1234 Kolkata: Even as restrooms in the Kolkata airport terminal are being revamped and maintenance is being improved, controllers, technical experts, weathermen, and other staff who ensure safe navigation of flights in the sky and on the ground have ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    STF arrests illegal arms dealer in Burdwan

    12 Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police arrested Chand Ali Sheikh, a major illegal arms dealer, at his hideout in Burdwan on Tuesday night. Sheikh's arrest follows the detention of eight criminals in Anandapur area two ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Russia, Germany, S’pore replace Turkiye, Azerbaijan in int’l itinerary

    123456 Kolkata: Hostilities between India and Pakistan may have subsided, but outrage over support from Turkiye and Azerbaijan for the ‘enemy' has led to the cancellation of bookings to these countries from Kolkata.Travel agents and tour operators who have ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Flare-up in Barasat after ‘pro-Pakistan’ social media post

    123456 Kolkata: At least three police personnel were injured — one of them seriously — after violent clashes broke out at Barasat in North24 Parganas on Tuesday night following a viral social media post allegedly expressing support for Pakistan ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Woman gets online threats after Operation Sindoor post

    Kolkata: A homemaker from Falta filed a police complaint after receiving ‘threat' comments on her social media post about Operation Sindoor, Diamond Harbour police district officers said on Wednesday.The woman, whose identity is being withheld for safety reasons, posted ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cabinet passes resolution to pay homage to armed forces

    123 Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet, chaired by CM Mamata Banerjee, passed a resolution on Wednesday to pay homage to the martyrs and show solidarity with the Indian armed forces during Operation Sindoor. The CM also announced that her party ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    SIT to use gait pattern analysis in Shamsherganj double murder case

    Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) plans to use state-of-the-art techniques to build evidence in the Shamsherganj double murder case. Special prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee has been appointed for the case involving the murder of Haragobindo Das, 70, and his ...

    15 May 2025 Times of India
    Class 12 results better in humanities than science

    12 Kolkata: A total of 44,631 students appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam from Bengal, of whom 39,792 cleared it. The pass percentage of 89.2% was higher than both the all-India average (88.4%) and that for the Bhubaneswar ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Two weeks after fire, fruit trucks, illegal eateries block Rituraj lane

    12 Kolkata: Two weeks after the blaze at Rituraj Hotel, which killed 14 people, little seems to have changed in the fire-prone neighbourhoods of Mechhua and Burrabazar. Despite promises of crackdowns and a flurry of inspections, the ground reality ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Cancer, disability, illness no hurdle for these boards bravehearts

    123456 Kolkata: On Tuesday, several students from Kolkata reaped the results of true perseverance. Some of these students — both from CBSE class 10 and 12 — battled cancer, chronic illness, disability, and trauma, to pass the boards with ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Temperatures to reach 39.1°C with high humidity on May 14

    Kolkata is set to experience intense heat on May 14, 2025, with temperatures reaching 39.1°C under clear skies and 61% humidity. The weather forecast indicates a full day of sunshine with no rain, moderate wind speeds up to 29.5 ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal students overcome challenges to achieve success in board examinations

    Despite battling serious health issues and personal hardships, students across Kolkata and surrounding districts have achieved remarkable success in their ISC, ICSE, and Madhyamik examinations. KOLKATA: Students from Kolkata and surrounding districts have shown remarkable strength by succeeding in ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    'He brought back my suhag': Wife of BSF jawan held by Pakistan praises PM Narendra Modi

    NEW DELHI: Rajani, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, expressed deep gratitude to the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after her husband was handed over to Indian authorities by the Pakistan Rangers on Wednesday. Shaw inadvertently ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata feels the heat as bananas vanish from markets amid climate crisis

    KOLKATA: A Christian Aid report warns of deepening threats to the world’s favourite fruit. Banana prices in Kolkata more than doubled in the first quarter of this year, with vendors and consumers alike grappling with a notable shortage of ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Who is Purnam Kumar Shaw? BSF jawan released by Pakistan Rangers after crossing international border

    NEW DELHI: BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw was released by Pakistan Rangers and returned to India on Wednesday morning after being held for around three weeks.The handover occurred at the Joint Check Post in Attari, Amritsar, and proceeded smoothly ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    2 in 2 days: Snatchers target delivery execs in Bhowanipore

    Kolkata: Two cases of snatching, each targeting a delivery agent or an app-bike rider, were reported from the Bhowanipore area in the early morning hours last weekend. In both incidents, scooterettes were used to block the victim's path before ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Teen with cerebral palsy undergoes rare epilepsy op

    Kolkata: A boy with cerebral palsy, Minhaz Hussain (15), who suffered recurrent bouts of seizures for years, underwent a rare surgery at CMRI, the third such procedure in the eastern region. Earlier anti-epilepsy therapy failed to better his state, ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal’s larger 90 percent pool gives Higher Secondary students an edge in UG admissions

    KOLKATA: At 89.2%, Bengal’s pass percentage was higher than the all-India figure of 88.4% in CBSE Class 12 exams, the results for which were declared on Tuesday. Though more boys than girls appeared for the exam from 339 schools ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Ex-bank manager loses 4.5L to cyber fraud

    Kolkata: A former bank manager lost Rs 4.5 lakh to cyber fraudsters in a credit card scam, leading to the arrest of an app-based bike rider in south Kolkata. It has been revealed that he had rented out his ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Dilip’s stepson found dead at New Town home, cops probe reason

    12 Kolkata: Srinjoy Dasgupta, 25, the stepson of former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his home in New Town on Tuesday. He apparently died hours after partying with a group of friends ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Change in question pattern pulls up CBSE Class 10 grades

    123 Kolkata: For students who had appeared for their CBSE Class 10 exams, half the questions were competency-based and higher-order-thinking. Principals at several institutes in the city pointed out that the change in the question pattern and the gradual ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Traders’ rehab on cards, Lansdowne Mkt revamp may take off

    12 Kolkata: The modernisation of Lansdowne Market, which has been stuck for nearly two decades, may finally see the light of the day with the KMC preparing to offer rehabilitation to a section of traders and proceed with the ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Worker dies in knife shop explosion

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old worker of a knife manufacturing unit died on Tuesday afternoon, when a grinding wheel on which he was working, exploded at the workshop in Taltala, police officials said.Shailendra Sharma was working at the shop on 1 ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Assault, harass cuffs on two in Bowbazar

    Kolkata: Three men assaulted and robbed a resident of Bowbazar on Sunday after his wife threatened to lodge a molestation complaint against them for harrassing her. The incident occurred around 11 pm on May 11 outside the victim's residence ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Three port vessels to house floating restos

    Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, formerly known as KoPT, will repurpose three of its vessels — PL Rupsa, PL Hooghly, and PL Gopal — to operate them as floating heritage restaurants. The initiative aims to foster river-based tourism alongside ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Exide eyes Rs 20k cr revenue from lead-acid battery biz in 2 yrs

    123 Kolkata: Exide Industries is planning to increase its revenue from lead-acid battery businessto around Rs 20,000 crore over the next couple of years from the current Rs 16,500 crore, with the outlook remaining strong."We are aiming to raise ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    20-yr-old legacy issue of duplicate EPICs resolved, says EC

    Kolkata: The Election Commission, in a statement on Tuesday, said it had resolved a legacy issue since 2005 of multiple people based in different states having the same EPIC number.Those with such cards were issued fresh ones with new ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP’s Tiranga Yatra to honour armed forces begins on Friday

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP will on Friday hold a ‘Tiranga Yatra' in Kolkata, while the party's women's wing will take "the spirit of Operation Sindoor" to the streets, emphasising the prominence of "women power" in the armed forces."We will start ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Sr citizen, dog die after being hit by e-rickshaw in Salt Lake

    123456 Kolkata: A 72-year-old Salt Lake resident, Sikha Dutta, who was hit by an e-rickshaw while walking her dog outside her home at BL Block on May 1, succumbed to her injuries on Sunday night.The dog, a spitz, also ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Himadri Chem partners with Sicona for India’s first silicon carbon plant

    Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical is planning to set up India's first silicon carbon plant soon, following its technology licensing partnership with Sicona, an Australian next-gen battery materials company.Per the agreement, Himadri would have the right to access, localise and ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Passenger arrested at kolkata airport after bomb remark delays flight

    123 Kolkata: A 26-year-old air passenger from Imphal was arrested at Kolkata airport on Monday afternoon for allegedly uttering the word "bomb" while preparing to board a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight.The incident triggered a full-scale security alert and delayed flight ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Former RS MP Nepaldeb Bhattacharya dies

    Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior CITU memberNepaldeb Bhattacharya(74) died in the early hours of Tuesday at a private nursing home in Kolkata. He is survived by his wife, Manjula Bhattacharya.On Tuesday morning, his body was brought to ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    BJP in HC against hiring civic volunteers for Digha temple

    Kolkata: BJP's Kaustav Bagchi on Tuesday filed a PIL at the Calcutta High Court seeking the quashing of a recruitment notice for 100 civic volunteers to manage duties at Jagannath Dham Temple Complex at Digha. He claimed that deploying ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Fraud calls from Pakistan numbers rise amid new malware threat

    Kolkata: Even cyberspace is witnessing a war, with allegations of organised Pakistani hacking groups attempting to hack leading websites. Indian intelligence agencies uncovered a Pakistan-linked cyber-attack campaign involving a dangerous malware named Dance of the Hillary.According to Punjab and ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal police urge e-comm platforms to comply with guidelines on walkie talkie device sales

    Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: The state police wrote to all e-commerce officials and their suppliers in this state to respect the recent mandate where the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) initiated action against the listing and sale of walkie-talkie devices on e-commerce ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Max-min temp difference climbs to 12 after Monday’s squall

    123 Kolkata: The first significant showers in the city on Monday night dragged the mercury down on Tuesday. While the minimum temperature nosedived by close to six notches, the maximum saw a dip of 3.4 notches, causing a gap ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    ‘Anti-national’ post: Barasat meat-seller in police net

    Kolkata: A meat-seller, Rizwan Qureshi, in his mid-40s, was arrested by Barasat Policein North 24 Parganas on Tuesday for allegedly uploading an anti-national post on social media. Qureshi reportedly shared a distorted image on his Facebook profile, showing the ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    Travel agents suggest ‘cool’ alternatives for domestic tourists

    123456 Kolkata: Coffee plantations in God's own Country; a hill station in the heart of Eastern Ghats; divine paradise in India's eastern frontier; colonial charm and nature trails with Himalayan views — travel agents are offering tourists from Kolkata ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    More ACs for Kolkata Mounted Police horses

    123 Kolkata: While it is common in summer for police horses to fall ill due to intense heat,it is not often that eight horses fall sick and dehydrated on a single day. That is exactly what happened on Monday ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    ED traces 50cr in a/cs linked to arrested Pak man

    123 Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has tracked Rs 50 crore in accounts linked to Azad Hussain, the Pakistani national arrested by the central investigating agency from Birati on April 15 in connection with a fake passport racket. More alarmingly, ...

    14 May 2025 Times of India
    63kmph storm pulls temp down by 5°C in 45 mins

    12 Kolkata: After inching towards the 40-degree mark in the past two days, the mercury slightly dipped on Monday afternoon in Kolkata. But shortly after 10 pm, a thunderstorm with a wind speed of 63 kmph struck Kolkata, accompanied ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata Weather Update: Hot & humid day on cards, sporadic rain likely throughout the day

    Representational Image Kolkata is set to experience a hot and rainy day on May 13, 2025, with temperatures reaching a high of 40.9°C and a low of 29.6°C. The city faces an 86% chance of precipitation, with patchy rainfall ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    AC use soars with humidity, heat; power cuts, voltage flip-flop make 2025 debut

    Kolkata: The soaring temperature over the past few days, which saw a spike in the use of air conditioners, has put the power network under strain in certain areas, triggering outages in these localities.Residents of Jatin Bagchi Road, Chetla, ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Lens on comm buildings in New Town

    Kolkata: With several buildings mushrooming in New Town for commercial use, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to conduct a thorough fire safety audit of all commercial buildingsin the township. In the first phase, the authorities ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    J&K students in West Bengal recount families’ ordeal near border amidst conflict

    KOLKATA: Amidst the tension between India and Pakistan, elderly parents and family members of a research scholar from Jammu and Kashmir, who is doing his PhD at a state-aided university in Kolkata, were spending sleepless nights inside a seven-metre-long ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Doc in kol worried about family 300m from Rajouri shelling zone

    Kolkata: The nights were sleepless in the city for chest medicine specialist Hassan Mushtaq ever since shelling started at the Indo-Pak border post ‘Operation Sindoor'. The young doctor, who recently completed his post-graduation from RG Kar Medical College, is ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    After 5-day turbulence, airlines & tourism sector eye summer succour

    Kolkata: Flights to four airports in north India — Srinagar, Chandigarh, Amritsar, and Hindon — from Kolkata airport that were temporarily suspended last week following the escalation of tension between India and Pakistan will gradually resume over the next ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    KMC grapples with demand-supply divide as Hooghly water level dips

    Kolkata: With a dip in the water level in the Hooghly due to scorching heat, and a subsequent rise in demand for potable water, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is trying hard to meet the growing gap. According to a ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    App biker risks life, saves woman from assailants

    123 Kolkata: An app-bike rider, Surya Pillai, put his life at risk and rescued a hotel management student, who was allegedly being assaulted inside an under-construction building at Hanapara in Kestopur, on Saturday night.Even as Pillai barged in, the ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Delivery execs assault cop over illegal parking

    12 Kolkata: A group of delivery agents assaulted a traffic sergeant on New Park Street following a dispute over illegally parked motorcycles. Sergeant Parijat Mukherjee (42) from the East Traffic Guard sustained severe injuries in his neck, chest and ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    23 yrs after razor attack, victim withdraws plaint

    123 Kolkata: A man was acquitted by the Calcutta High Courtafter the victim, whom he had attacked with a razor 23 years ago, didn't want to continue with the case wishing the man to lead "a happy and undisrupted ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Four months after delivery, 2nd MMCH new mother dies

    Midnapore: Nasrin Khatun, one of the five women who developed severe complications post-C-section delivery at Midnapore Medical College in Jan, died late on Sunday. West Midnapore chief medical officer Soumyashankar Sharangi said that Khatun died from multi-organ failurewhile undergoing ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Mercedes Benz hikes prices in India over rising forex rates

    123 Kolkata: Mercedes-Benz has announced a price hike of up to 3% on models ranging from the C 200 to the Maybach S 680, citing the steep hike in forex rates since Jan that impacted the cost structure of ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Jindal India enters steel section pipes and tubes mkt with Rs 100 cr investment

    12 Kolkata: Jindal (India) Ltd, a part of the conglomerate BC Jindal Group, has ventured into steel section pipes and tubessegment, with an investment of Rs 100 crore to enhance production capacity. The manufacturing of steel section pipes and ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Record surge in Kol two-wheeler count sets off traffic, safety alarm

    12 Kolkata: A staggering 57,033 new two-wheelers joined Kolkata's vehicular traffic in 2024, the highest single-year spike for the category, underscoring an alarming trend that has been growing since the Covid outbreak.Since 2020, Kolkata has added over 2.5 lakh ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Master film-maker Mrinal Sen’s stills to make public debut, go in for archiving

    1234 Kolkata: Few are aware that master film-maker Mrinal Sen was a skilled photographer too. Ten still photographs that Sen had clicked during his travels in India and abroad will be on display at the Jibansmriti Archiveon his birth ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    More Retail eyes Rs 2,000 cr from IPO in 2026, chalks out expansion plans

    123 Kolkata: Grocery and food retail chain More is likely to raise Rs 2,000 crore through a primary issue in its proposed public offering, expected between April and Dec 2026. The promoters' stake is likely to be diluted by ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Snake found coiled in AC unit at Bengal home

    12 Kolkata: Panic gripped a household in Barasat, North 24-Parganas on Sunday when a non-venomous rat snakewas found hiding inside the indoor unit of their split air-conditioner machine. Tapas Baidya, a private firm employee and resident of Nawpara, said ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata college student lodges FIR after cat goes missing from pet centre

    Kolkata: A 21-year-old college student, Debapriya Ghosh, lodged a complaint at Narendrapur Police Station on May 5, stating that Minnie, her 10-month-old female cat, went missing from a private pet clinic in Mukundapur.Ignoring the scorching summer heat, Ghosh, a ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Snake found coiled in AC unit at Bengal home

    12 Kolkata: Panic gripped a household in Barasat, North 24-Parganas on Sunday when a non-venomous rat snakewas found hiding inside the indoor unit of their split air-conditioner machine. Tapas Baidya, a private firm employee and resident of Nawpara, said ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Setback for KMC’s water meter plan as 85 devices go missing from S Kol

    12 Kolkata: Altogether 85 water meters installed under the Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Programme(KEIIP) were reported missing from residential areas in south Kolkata's Patli-Baisnabghata area during a month-long audit. This has prompted the KEIIP-appointed company to file a complaint ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    All 12 main accused in Jafrabad father-son murders arrested

    12 Kolkata: Another arrest was made on Monday in the Jafrabad father-son murder case. With this, all 12 main accused in the deaths of Haragobinda Das (70) and Chandan Das (40) have been held.Cops said the accused was identified ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Rail disaster averted as farmer alerts RPF about crack in track

    Jalpaiguri: A potential railway disaster was averted on Monday when a farmer discovered a crack in the railway track between Jalpaiguri and Haldibari stations in Bengal. Dipu Roy spotted the crack and alerted authorities through his nephew Abhijit Roy, ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    Bengal Police bans sale of Army fatigue, unauthorized drone use

    Kolkata: Bengal Police has ordered a prohibition on the sale of combat fatigue that might resemble the uniform of the Indian armed forces. The order aims to check their misuse. Police in at least three north Bengal districtshave begun ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    27 years after ovarian cancer woman gives birth

    123 Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman who survived cancer as a child gave birth to a girl at a city private hospital on April 30. While doctors termed the case as extremely rare, they also pointed out that it is ...

    13 May 2025 Times of India
    2 from Kolkata residents lose 3.7 cr to investment fraud

    Kolkata: Two Kolkata residents lost a total of about Rs 3.7 crore to cyber crooks in separate cases of investment fraud. In the first case, a woman from New Town was duped of nearly Rs 2.3 crore earlier this ...

    12 May 2025 Times of India
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